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S 160 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information about area in or around stations and terminals.

This bill requires New Jersey Transit (NJT) to install historical markers at all its rail stations and bus/rail terminals. The markers must describe nearby historic sites, events, or people that represent New Jersey's full cultural history across all eras and geographic regions. NJT must identify these sites, design the markers, and maintain them - potentially collaborating with local historical groups. The bill applies directly to NJT facilities and aims to educate transit users about local history.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 2, 2026
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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 4 edits · Jan 13, 2026
MODERATE
All changes are technical and grammatical in nature, with no substantive policy modifications. A comma was added to the definition of 'historic marker,' a sentence in section 3.a was restructured for clarity (adding 'as well as be' to separate two distinct requirements), a comma was added in section 3.b, and a summary STATEMENT paragraph was appended at the end of the bill.
TECHNICAL

The definition of 'historic marker' had a comma added: 'event or' became 'event, or' for grammatical clarity.

Section 3.a sentence was restructured from 'shall be inclusive of all eras and diverse cultural aspects of New Jersey's history and geographically representative of the entire State' to 'shall be inclusive of all eras and diverse cultural aspects of New Jersey's history, as well as be geographically representative of the entire State,' making it clearer that these are two separate requirements.

Section 3.b added a comma: 'owners or operators' became 'owners, or operators.'

A STATEMENT section was added at the end of the bill summarizing its purpose and key provisions for public reference.

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Committee
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Mar 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
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